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The flag the flies atop the hill entering Merritt from the west hyway 8, it is kept by the ready mix company that owns the land and gravel pit.
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The 2010 Tesla sport car that was brought into Canada as a first by John Henderson was here getting a EV charge on the weekend. The bright orange car with black bold lettering covering the sides was at the charging station on Voght, near the Merritt City hall. And in the parking lot used by the Farmers market on Saturdays ( watch EV users as Saturday may be hard to have access to the chargers), there are others on Mamet. The roadster was delivered to Canada May 13th 2010. The 2700 lb car has a maximum range 350, 288 HP.
The sports car is not in production and went out to make way for the model S, ( $75,000) the model S has four ranges and battery options and is a family style sedan. The car needs to be preordered.
Other manufacturers include Chevy Volt, Toyota Leaf, Sun country auto PU that have been seen passing through and using the charging stations here.
Source information posted on the car being offered for sale.
The 500 Amp DC quick charger may not always be available here , there are adapter issues with the Tesla S, however the 90 amp and 30 amp chargers at the city public parking lot are without complaint.
Today in history: May 28th 2011
Malta votes on the issue of divorce.
Local river 27/1/11 Photo KDG
There is a community meeting coming to the Merritt in respect to search and rescue. Hosted by the Nicola Valley Search and Rescue society, it highlights the society formed to provide recovery activities after a demonstrated need occurred when two young men drowned in their canoe on Nicola Lake.The meeting place is at the local community college NVIT Nicola Valley Institute of Technology on Belshaw Avenue in Merritt.
The presentation is billed as being by the founders of the recovery society and is on April 13th at 1pm.
Search and rescue goes to a recovery phase after a certain time passes.
Update: The mission Statement of the Legacy Water Search and recovery as a non-profit society is to search and safely recover drowning victims with innovative technology. They are committed to provide victim’s families with emotional support and drowning prevention education to the public.
The groups inspiration came from the activities of Gene and Sandy Ralston, who for only expenses have traveled thousands of miles in North America. The Ralston’ have used advances in key technologies such as side scan sonar and remote operated vehicles to search and recover victims in very deep water.
The Ralstons and associates efforts have lead to the recovery of 90 victims of drowning since 2000. source Legacy Water Search and Recovery brochure.
At this time they are looking for support to purchase equipment, they can be contacted at their web site http://www.legacywatersearch.com .
Today in history: April 1st 1891
The Wrigley company is founded in Chicago Illinois
Coat of arms of City of Merritt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The people of Merritt are having their kick off parade for the Christmas season to-night. all the merchants will be open for the parade with specials and advertised incentives in the local weekly newspaper.
The small community of Merritt puts a lot of effort into the evening and it shows a lot of coöperation and commitment as it generally very succesful.
The construction company Sanders and Company provided a 30 foot pine tree for the center of Spirit square and it was decorated and ready last evening . Overnight vandals tore the lights off and attempted to remove the tree from spirit square. At 8:AM this morning to city workers were well on with the task of repairing the damage. The tree was up and lights were being restored. The pair was confident about it being ready for the after dark parade and open house of the downtown core of Merritt.
Today in history: November 29th 1919
Joe Welder ,Canadian American bodybuilder born.
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Craft swap Merritt Public library 1691 Garcia in Merritt BC CA
Today is the last day to enter the Merritt public libraries Christmas draw. The contest is a draw for a 1000 dollars and a 100 dollar secondary prize based on the quality of the submission. To enter just document a positive experience you had with the library system in 5 lines or more and submit it by email to the contest sponsor the Merritt Friends of the Library at their email address FOLmerritt@shaw.ca.
You must include your name, phone, and library card number in the email. Do not send attachments. contest closes at midnight tonight pst.
The public libray is also putting out contact cards on “Have your say on digital services in BC , they have a website www.gov.bc.ca/digitalservices.
Today in history: November 26th 2003
The Concord makes its last flight.
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Personal Training at a Gym – Boxing Category:Fitness_training Category:Personal_training (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
There is a UFC boxing and fitness training offered at the Lower Nicola band school some evenings.
A source says that a relative takes it up and it is a martial art.
Lower Nicola is a small unincorporated satellite community west of Merritt BC.
There is a call number: Vancouver, Pauline 604 355 5960
There are some decent videos on the Swagbucks website for health and fitness including Tai chi. You can earn swag bucks while watching Michelle at Apex fitness, and others. A swagbuck is digital currency about a cent each .
Today in history: November 25th 1963
JFK is buried in Arlington National cemetery
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The temperature is dropping to about -11 c today with serious snow on the ground here in Merritt at our 600 odd meter home. It feels homey and there is less traffic.
When we quipped to Everett Spahan that he was dressed like he had just come out of the Mongolian Step he affirmed the metaphor and posed for this picture.
Everett Spahan in the empty lot that borders Coopers in Merritt BC. First cold day of winter.
Up date: at 7:30 this morning the temperature was -18 with the windchill.
Today in history: November 20th 1917
The Ukraine is declared a republic.
There was a presentation of the Thompson Okanogan Tourist Association at the civic center, this week. About twenty people took the session in including Merritt’s Mayor Susan Roline, Councilor Clara Norguard, Councilor Kurt Christopherson.
The presentation outlines “what might happen here in Merritt in tourism” Merritt Councilor Kurt Christopherson”
Sandy Curnew the manager of the Downtown Tourist Info center was also in attendance.
The presenter outlined a need that tourism needs to have a continuity province to province.
The local Tourist association has their AGM Thursday..
Today in history: November 14th 1770
James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile river.
A moment of announcement.
BC ambassadors, 2013
Three new, one year term BC Youth Ambassadors were chosen to represent the province on Saturday night. Casey Helgason from Kamloops, Lauren Sherwood from Ossoyoos and Camella Vokey from Penticton, all became ambassadors at the conclusion of the three day event at the Merritt Civic Center.
Bailey Allen a former BC Ambassador from Merritt worked as judge for the first time.
There were 11 young people in the competition including to young men. https://www.facebook.com/BritishColumbiaAmbassador
President
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Have a great weekend.
The Coldwater Hotel on the corner of Quilchena and Voght is the hotel that has seen most of the post contact history of the city of Merritt. The Hotel was established in 1908 nad is now under a new owner John Allison a D jay and MC has ” Proprietor” on his business card. The hotels tagline is: The finest taste of history in Merritt.
The Hotel is in need of a paint job however in holds the confidence of many in the restaurant and pub. Recently I talked to a traveler enjoying a steak in the Pub . He and his wife had been around the world in a MG sports car .
Today in History: August 16th 1954
The first issue of sports illustrated is published.
The hydro ( or a consultant) here in Merritt are checking old manholes for compatibility for water lines today. A source says the real work to is a duct pack in the Voght street and the burial of the power lines that now are on the west side of the road. He also says that the top like goes to a substation in the highland valley and is high voltage up to 63000 volts.
The single line sits atop some ageing power poles at this time.
Today in History: August 15th 1481
The Sistine Chapel is consecrated.
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Today in history: August 9th 1930
Betty Boop makes her cartoon début in Dizzy Dishes.
Its good that it is friday….
Helicopter training is going on at an IBEW safety meeting this morning at the Coldwater Hotel. A source says its a five hour course facilitated by a teacher.
The power point shows multiple types of large helicopters including sky crane.
A source says that the transmission towers in the new 500 KV line are heavier then earlier ones used.
An source working for the construction of the new hydro substation here in Merritt says that a 230 KV line is also going to Mamette lake to another substation in the highland valley. They were marking out targets for underground cables to cross the road on Voght street next to the old Days Inn site that was demolished and recycled last year.
Mamette lake is about 20 minutes from Merritt on highway 97 C to Logan Lake BC.
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